IMLS FY2011 National Leadership Grants CFDA 45.312

National Leadership Grants support projects that have the potential to elevate museum and library practice. The Institute seeks to advance the ability of museums and libraries to preserve culture, heritage and knowledge while enhancing learning. IMLS welcomes proposals that promote the skills necessary to develop 21st century communities, citizens, and workers. Successful proposals will have national impact and generate results—new tools, research, models, services, practices, or alliances—that can be widely adapted or replicated to extend the benefit of federal investment. Applications are due by February 1, 2011.


The Institute seeks to fund projects that have the following characteristics:

Strategic Impact—Proposals should address key needs and challenges that face libraries and museums. They should expand the boundaries within which libraries and museums operate, show the potential for far-reaching impact, and influence practice throughout the museum and/or library communities.

Innovation—Proposals should demonstrate a thorough understanding of current practice and knowledge about the project area, and show how the project will advance the state of the art of museum and library service.

Collaboration—While partners are not required in all National Leadership Grant categories, the Institute has found that involving carefully chosen partners with complementary competencies and resources can create powerful synergies that extend project impact. Proposals should show understanding of the challenges of collaboration and propose means for addressing them.

Applications may be submitted in the following categories: Advancing Digital Resources, Research, Demonstration, and Library and Museum Collaboration Grants.

Collaborative Planning Grants are also available in any of the four categories to enable project teams from more than one institution to work together to plan a project for a National Leadership Grant.

Grant Amount: $50,000–$1,000,000; up to $100,000 for planning grants
Grant Period: Up to three years
Matching Requirement: 1:1 for requests over $250,000, except research projects. Cost sharing of at least one-third is encouraged for requests under $250,000 and for research projects.



Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: NLG-FY10
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Oct 27, 2010
Creation Date: Oct 27, 2010
Original Closing Date for Applications: Feb 01, 2011
Current Closing Date for Applications: Feb 01, 2011
Archive Date: Mar 03, 2011
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Arts (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 45
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
Award Floor: $50,000
CFDA Number(s): 45.312 -- National Leadership Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/nationalLeadership.shtm
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EDA Economic Development Assistance Programs

Under this announcement, EDA solicits applications for its planning and local technical assistance programs. EDA's Planning Program halps support planning organizations, including District Origanizations and Indian Tribes, in the development and implemantation, revision or replacement of comprehensive economic development strategies (CEDS), and for related short-term planning investments and State plans designed to create and retain higher-skill, higher-wage jobs, particularly for the unemployed and underemployed in the nations most economically distressed regions. The local Technical Assistance Program helps fill the knowledge and information gaps that may prevent leaders in the public and nonprogit sectors in economically distressed regions from making optimal decisions on local economic development issues.
The application due date has been extended to January 21, 2011.

The Planning Program helps support planning organizations, including District Organizations and Indian Tribes, in the development, implementation, revision or replacement of comprehensive economic development strategies (CEDS), and for related short-term planning investments and State plans designed to create and retain higher-skill, higher-wage jobs, particularly for the unemployed and underemployed in the nation’s most economically distressed regions.

The Local Technical Assistance Program helps fill the knowledge and information gaps that may prevent leaders in the public and nonprofit sectors in economically distressed regions from making optimal decisions on local economic development issues.

Document Type: Grants Notice (modification to previous)
Funding Opportunity Number: EDA06222009EDAP
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Jun 24, 2009
Creation Date: Nov. 15, 2010
Original Closing Date for Applications: Nov. 15, 2010 Applications are accepted on a continuing basis and processed as received
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jan 21, 2011 Applications are accepted on a continuing basis and processed as received
Archive Date: March 31, 2011
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification) Regional Development
Category Explanation: EDA’s mission is to lead the federal economic development agenda by promoting innovation and competitiveness, preparing American regions for growth and success in the worldwide economy. In implementing this mission pursuant to its authorizing statute, the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 3121 et seq.) (PWEDA), EDA advances economic growth by assisting communities and regions experiencing chronic high unemployment and low per capita income to create an environment that fosters innovation, promotes entrepreneurship, and attracts increased private capital investment. EDA also administers the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms Program (TAAF Program) under the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. §§ 2341-2391) (Trade Act). Under this program, EDA funds a national network of 11 non-profit organizations known as Trade Adjustment Assistance Centers, with each being assigned a different geographic service region, which in turn provide technical assistance to firms that have been adversely affected by increased import competition.
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling:
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s):
11.300 -- Investments for Public Works and Economic Development Facilities
11.302 -- Economic Development_Support for Planning Organizations
11.303 -- Economic Development_Technical Assistance
11.307 -- Economic Adjustment Assistance
11.313 -- Trade Adjustment Assistance
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes

http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=48106
Full Funding Announcement Link--EDAP

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NPS American Battlefields FY2011 Battlefield Project Grants CFDA 15.926

The American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) of the National Park Service invites non-profit groups, academic institutions, and local, regional, state, and tribal governments, and other private sector organizations to submit applications for grants. The purpose of this grant program is to provide seed money for projects that lead directly to the identification, preservation and interpretation of battlefield land and/or historic sites associated with battlefields. Project funding has ranged from $5,000 to $80,000.
Applications are due by January 13, 2011.

Application Due Dates

Applications sent by commercial express delivery service or hand-delivered by the applicant must be received in the ABPP office by 4:00 p.m. January 13, 2011.

Applications sent by mail must be USPS postmarked by January 2, 2011.

ABPP encourages applicants to use an express delivery service, as packages sent via regular USPS mail will be irradiated - a process that destroys photographs and colored paper.

Definitions

Project areas must be on American soil and/or within U.S. territorial waters.

Battlefield Land - Sites where armed conflict, fighting, or warfare occurred between two opposing military organizations or forces recognized as such by their respective cultures (not civil unrest).

Associated Sites - Sites occupied before, during, or after a battle at which events occurred that had a direct influence on the tactical development of the battle or the outcome of the battle. A site must be associated with a battle in order to be considered an Associated Site.

http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/grants/battlefieldgrants/2011grants.htm
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NEH 2011 America's Historical and Cultural Organizations Implementation Grants CFDA 45.164

America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations grants support projects in the humanities that explore stories, ideas, and beliefs that deepen our understanding of our lives and our world. The Division of Public Programs supports the development of humanities content and interactivity that excite, inform, and stir thoughtful reflection upon culture, identity, and history in creative and new ways. Grants for America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations should encourage dialogue, discussion, and civic engagement, and they should foster learning among people of all ages. Applications are due by January 12, 2011.


To that end, the Division of Public Programs urges applicants to consider more than one format for presenting humanities ideas to the public. NEH offers two categories of grants for America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations: Planning and Implementation Grants.

Planning grants are available for projects that may need further development before applying for implementation. This planning can include the identification and refinement of the project’s main humanities ideas and questions, consultation with scholars in order to strengthen the humanities content, preliminary audience evaluation, preliminary design of the proposed interpretive formats, beta testing of digital formats, development of complementary programming, research at archives or sites whose resources might be used, or the drafting of interpretive materials.

Implementation grants support the final preparation of a project for presentation to the public. Applicants must submit a full walkthrough for an exhibition, or a prototype or storyboard for a digital project, that demonstrates a solid command of the humanities ideas and scholarship that relate to the subject. Applicants for implementation grants should have already done most of the planning for their projects, including the identification of the key humanities themes, relevant scholarship, and program formats. For exhibitions, implementation grants can support the final stages of design development, but these grants are primarily intended for installation.

Applicants are not required to obtain a planning grant before applying for an implementation grant. Applicants may not, however, submit multiple applications for the same project at the same deadline. If an application for a project is already under review, another application for the same project cannot be accepted.

America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations grants support projects that are presented in these formats:

• traveling exhibitions that are presented at multiple venues;
• long-term exhibitions at one institution;
• interpretive Web sites or other digital formats;
• interpretation of historic places or areas;
• reading and discussion programs;
• panel exhibitions that travel widely, reach a broad audience, and take advantage of complementary programming formats (e.g., reading and discussion series, radio, or other media) to enhance the visitor experience; or
• other project formats that creatively engage audiences in humanities ideas.

Applications that make innovative use of emerging technologies are encouraged. Projects must do more than simply provide a digital archive. They should offer new ways of contextualizing and interpreting information that engage public audiences interactively. Applications may, for example, include plans to create Web sites, PDA tours and resources, podcasts, virtual environments, wiki formats, other formats that utilize user-generated content, virtual imaging, GIS mapping, online scholar-led discussions, online video, games, or other digital formats. When it is relevant, applications must explain how user-generated postings to public cyberspace will be vetted by qualified scholars or project staff for accuracy and public educational value.

Digital components should rest on sound humanities scholarship and enhance the project’s humanities content for the general public in ways that take unique advantage of the proposed formats.

Support is also available to expand previously funded NEH projects through the addition of new, complementary formats, for example, developing a series of reading and discussion programs around an exhibition or film, or using digital formats to add new interpretive dimensions to a project. The new formats should complement and expand the project’s original humanities content in unique ways and should reach audiences that were not served by the original project.

The program also supports Chairman’s Special Award projects. These are more complex projects of national visibility that would be of compelling interest to the general public, show exceptional promise of dealing with important humanities ideas in new ways, and are likely to reach large audiences. These goals can be accomplished through combining a variety of program formats, forming creative collaborations among diverse institutions, and expanding the scope and reach of the project.

The following are examples of projects of this sort:

• An art museum collaborated with a national cultural organization on an exhibition that brought rare foreign objects to the U.S. and traveled to venues in major metropolitan areas over several months. The exhibition featured high-quality works of art and also placed them into the context of the country’s history and culture over several centuries. Also included was a dedicated Web site that expanded on the content of the exhibition by adding complementary interactive content.
• A major public library, state history museum, and city art museum collaborated to explore the history of their region as expressed through literature, historical artifacts, and art, by creating a traveling exhibition and a related reading and discussion program series. The reading and discussion programs expanded the exhibition’s reach by including a call-in radio show, in which rural listeners discussed with scholars the books that they had read.

All projects should:

• build on sound humanities scholarship;
• deepen public understanding of significant humanities questions;
• involve humanities scholars in all phases of development and implementation;
• appeal to broad audiences;
• approach a subject analytically and interpretively through an appropriate variety of perspectives; and
• employ appealing and accessible program formats that will actively engage the general public in learning.

To ensure that the humanities ideas are well conceived, projects must use a team of scholars who represent major fields relevant to the subject matter and offer diverse perspectives and approaches. As needed, projects may also include other participants with experience and knowledge appropriate to the project’s formats or technical requirements.

Implementation grants may be used for:

• final consultation with scholars or other advisers;
  final exhibition design and fabrication, as well as crating and shipping;
• Web site development;
• completion of interactive program components;
• publication costs for complementary materials, including catalogs and curriculum guides;
• publicity expenses;
• staff training specifically for the project’s interpretive programs;
• development of teachers’ guides and curriculum materials;
• presentation and distribution of public programs and related materials; and
• audience evaluation.

Implementation grants may not be used for:

• single-site temporary exhibitions;
• purchase of art, artifacts, or collections;
• dramatic adaptations of literary works;
• professional development;
• expenses for program venues in foreign countries;
• projects that will satisfy requirements for educational degrees or formal professional training;
• programs primarily for students in formal learning environments;
• general operations, renovation, restoration, rehabilitation, or construction;
• projects primarily devoted to basic background research on the subject, as opposed to actual interpretation for the public;
• projects—such as encyclopedias—that are documentary rather than interpretive;
• projects for preservation, cataloging, or archiving;
• projects that seek to persuade participants of a particular political, philosophical, religious, or ideological point of view;
• projects that advocate a particular program of social action; or
• print publications that are not an integral part of a larger set of interpretive activities for which funding is being requested.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: 20110112-GE
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Oct 25, 2010
Creation Date: Oct 25, 2010
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jan 12, 2011
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jan 12, 2011
Archive Date: Feb 11, 2011
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 15
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number(s): 45.164 -- Promotion of the Humanities_Public Programs
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/AHCO_ImplementationGuidelines.html
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NEH 2011 America's Historical and Cultural Organizations Planning Grants CFDA 45.164

America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations grants support projects in the humanities that explore stories, ideas, and beliefs that deepen our understanding of our lives and our world. The Division of Public Programs supports the development of humanities content and interactivity that excite, inform, and stir thoughtful reflection upon culture, identity, and history in creative and new ways. Grants for America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations should encourage dialogue, discussion, and civic engagement, and they should foster learning among people of all ages. Applications are due by January 12, 2011.


To that end, the Division of Public Programs urges applicants to consider more than one format for presenting humanities ideas to the public. NEH offers two categories of grants for America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations: Planning and Implementation Grants.

Planning grants are available for projects that may need further development before applying for implementation. This planning can include the identification and refinement of the project’s main humanities ideas and questions, consultation with scholars in order to strengthen the humanities content, preliminary audience evaluation, preliminary design of the proposed interpretive formats, beta testing of digital formats, development of complementary programming, research at archives or sites whose resources might be used, or the drafting of interpretive materials.

Implementation grants support the final preparation of a project for presentation to the public. Applicants must submit a full walkthrough for an exhibition, or a prototype or storyboard for a digital project, that demonstrates a solid command of the humanities ideas and scholarship that relate to the subject. Applicants for implementation grants should have already done most of the planning for their projects, including the identification of the key humanities themes, relevant scholarship, and program formats. For exhibitions, implementation grants can support the final stages of design development, but these grants are primarily intended for installation.

Applicants are not required to obtain a planning grant before applying for an implementation grant. Applicants may not, however, submit multiple applications for the same project at the same deadline. If an application for a project is already under review, another application for the same project cannot be accepted.

Planning grants may be used for:

• meetings with scholars and other content advisers, program partners, and representatives of target audiences or other key personnel involved in the project;
• preliminary audience evaluation and beta testing of digital materials;
• travel to archives, collections, sites, or other resources;
• drafting of text for program or discussion guides, exhibition labels, brochures, publications, or other interpretive materials;
• preliminary design for any of the interpretive formats to be used;
• general preparation of the associated programs and materials for dissemination; and
• planning for training for docents, discussion coordinators, or other relevant interpretive leaders for the project.
  

Planning grants may not be used for:

• single-site temporary exhibitions;
• purchase of art, artifacts, or collections;
• professional development;
• expenses for program venues in foreign countries;
• dramatic adaptations of literary works;
• projects that will satisfy requirements for educational degrees or formal professional training;
• programs primarily for students in formal learning environments;
• general operations, renovation, restoration, rehabilitation, or construction;
• projects primarily devoted to basic background research on a subject, as opposed to actual refinement of interpretive ideas and formats;
• projects—such as encyclopedias—that are documentary rather than interpretive;
• projects for preservation, cataloging, or archiving;
• projects that seek to persuade participants of a particular political, philosophical, religious, or ideological point of view;
• projects that advocate a particular program of social action; or
• print publications that are not an integral part of a larger set of interpretive activities for which funding is being requested.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: 20110112-GE
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Oct 25, 2010
Creation Date: Oct 25, 2010
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jan 12, 2011
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jan 12, 2011
Archive Date: Feb 12, 2011
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 30
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $75,000
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number(s): 45.164 -- Promotion of the Humanities_Public Programs
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/AHCO_PlanningGuidelines.html

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IMLS: Museum Grants for African American History and Culture CFDA 45.309

Museum Grants for African American History and Culture are intended to enhance institutional capacity and sustainability through professional training, technical assistance, internships, outside expertise, and other tools. Successful proposals will focus on one or more of the following three goals: (1) developing or strengthening knowledge, skills, and other expertise of current staff at African American museums; (2) attracting and retaining professionals with the skills needed to strengthen African American museums; and (3) attracting new staff to African American museum practice and providing them with the expertise needed to sustain them in the museum field. Applications are due January 18, 2011.

Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: AAHC-FY11
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Nov 15, 2010
Creation Date: Nov 15, 2010
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jan 18, 2011
Current Closing Date for Applications: Jan 18, 2011
Archive Date: Feb 17, 2011
Funding Instrument Type: Grant

Category of Funding Activity: Arts (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)

Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $150,000
Award Floor: $5,000
CFDA Number(s): 45.309 -- Museum Grants for African American History and Culture
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Additional Information on Eligibility:
Eligible applicants include museums whose primary purpose is African American life, art, history, and/or culture, encompassing the period of slavery; the era of reconstruction; the Harlem Renaissance; the civil rights movement; and other periods of the African Diaspora. Public or private nonprofit organizations whose primary purpose is to support museums identified above may also apply. Historically Black Colleges or Universities (HBCUs) are also eligible. Please see Program Guidelines for specific eligibility criteria.

Link to Full Announcement
http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/AfricanAmerican.shtm

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NEH Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections CFDA 45.149

Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections helps cultural institutions meet the complex challenge of preserving large and diverse holdings of humanities materials for future generations by supporting preventive conservation measures that mitigate deterioration and prolong the useful life of collections. Libraries, archives, museums, and historical organizations across the country are responsible for collections of books and manuscripts, photographs, sound recordings and moving images, archaeological and ethnographic artifacts, art, and historical objects that facilitate research, strengthen teaching, and provide opportunities for life-long learning in the humanities. Applications are due by December 1, 2010.


To preserve and ensure continued access to such collections, institutions must implement preventive conservation measures, which encompass managing relative humidity, temperature, light, and pollutants in collection spaces, providing protective storage enclosures and systems for collections, and safeguarding collections from theft and from natural and man-made disasters. As they strive to be effective stewards of humanities collections, cultural repositories are increasingly interested in sustainable preservation strategies.

NEH therefore invites proposals that explore and implement energy-efficient and cost-effective preventive conservation measures designed to mitigate the greatest risks to collections. To help institutions develop sound preventive conservation projects, NEH encourages collaborative and interdisciplinary planning, which may be especially helpful for identifying sustainable strategies. Such planning would include consideration of the following factors: the nature of the materials in a collection; the performance of the building, its envelope, and its systems in moderating internal environmental conditions; the capabilities of the institution; the nature of the local climate and the effects of climate change; the cost-effectiveness and energy efficiency of various approaches to preventive conservation; and the project’s impact on the environment.

The maximum award for planning and evaluation grants is $40,000, for up to two years. Grants can be made for up to five years for implementation projects, with a maximum award of $400,000. Successful applicants will be awarded a grant in outright funds, federal matching funds, or a combination of the two, depending on the applicant’s preference and the availability of NEH funds.

Cost sharing consists of the cash contributions made to the project by the applicant, third parties, and other federal agencies, as well as third party in-kind contributions, such as donated services and goods. Cost sharing also includes gift money raised to release federal matching funds.

Although cost sharing is not required, NEH is rarely able to support the full costs of projects approved for funding. In most cases, NEH Sustaining Cultural Heritage Collections grants cover no more than 80 percent of project costs for planning and evaluation projects and 50 percent of project costs for implementation projects.

Document Type: Modification to Previous Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: 20101116-PF
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: July 28, 2010
Creation Date: Sept 15, 2010
Original Closing Date for Applications: Nov. 16, 2010
Current Closing Date for Applications: Dec. 01, 2010
Archive Date: Dec. 31, 2010
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 40
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling: $400,000
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number(s): 45.149 -- Promotion of the Humanities_Division of Preservation and Access
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/SCHC.html
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